Hammock-spreader



(No Model.)

0. H. BUCKLEY.

HAMMOGK SPREADER.

No. 341,793. Patented May 11, 1886 IHVENTEJR ma r Z Z 3/ Hw 2 W UNITEDSTATES OLIVER H. BUGKLEY,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF DEERING, MAINE.

HAMMOCK-SPREADER.

FBPECIE'ICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,793, dated May11, 1886.

Application filed July .19, 1885.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER H. BUOKLEY, of Deering, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hammock-Spreaders, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

My inventionhas for its objects the construc tion of a hammock-spreaderinsuch a manner that it shall be strong, with a tendency to remainstraight, yet when a heavy person is inthe hammock it (the spreader)will yield sufficiently to allow the netting of the body of the hammockto conform to the shape of the person, and thus make a comfortablesupport; also, to so construct the cord-holders that the whole spreadermay be easily detached from the hammock; the combination of a base orlateral support, having connected to it a cordholding device which ischeap and simple and adds to the strength of the spreader withoutimpairing its flexibility. I attain these objects by the mechanismsshown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview showing one end of a hammock having one of my spreaders attached,and Fig. 2 is an elevation showing a part of the spreader.

In Fig. 1, Arepresents the body of the hammock; B BB" B B,&c.,thesuspensiolrcords, which are all united to the ring-pieceG in anyof the usual ways.

The spreader proper is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and consists of a flatbar, D, made of some suitable material, wood being preferred. This bar Dshould be strong enough to hold the Serial No. 172,995. No mndtl.)

hammock well open,and sufficiently flexible to admit the body of thehammock to yield to the pressure of the person using it, so that thehammock may so conform itself as to give the best and most com l'ortableresults.

The suspension-cord holder is made of a made in pairs, so that the cordsB B B", 850.,

may be inserted between them, as shown. (See I) b, Fig. 2.) The wire His attached to the part D by means of staples K, the idea being to soconfine the Wire H to the bar D that it shall not impair the flexibilityof the wholethat is, as the bar D bends the wire H may slide or rend inthe fastenings K.

I claim- In a hammockspreader, the combination of the flexible bar D,having a wire attached to it, said wire being bent so as to form seriesof coils H H H" H &e.,with the cords B B B, &c., all operating together,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereot'I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 14th day of July, A. D.1885.

OLIVER H. BUCKLEY.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, CHAS. SPAULDING.

